I am posting a very short Part III to my transcriptions of the St. Peter's Parish Records from Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, because I wanted to finish the children of John and Martha Washborne, including the important baptism of William Washborne, the early settler of Hempstead, Long Island, and because I wanted to correct some of the entries in my Part I posting. I also found some interesting Nichols data I wanted to share. In re-reading the 1599 Christenings, I discovered that the year did change to 1600 part way through. The baptism of Jone Washborne was in December of 1599, as I posted in Part II, and there were no other Washburns baptized in 1600. I also discovered that the burials and marriages were not omitted from 1599 and 1600. The format of the register changed. Christenings went from 1599 to 1607, then began again in 1612 continuing to 1622. Then burials for 1599 began, and followed through 1622, then marriages. The handwriting was changing during this period, indicating that entries were probably being made simultaneous to the events, and that a certain number of pages were purposely left blank for further entries. The clerk during much of this period had a very small script that is even more difficult to read, and I will have to re-read it with an enlarger to be sure I missed nothing of importance. Anno DM 1601 William the Sonne of John Wasborne was baptized the ixth daie of November Ano 1604 et Jacobi Dno nn? Regni 2 Jone the Daughter of John Wasborne was Bap. the xith Daie of Aprill Those of you with New York Whitehead ancestry, I looked for the baptism of Daniel Whitehead in Bengeworth from 1599 through 1607, but did not find it. In fact, I found no Daniels at all being baptised during that period, nor Whiteheads, even though Whiteheads had earlier lived in Bengeworth. For those of you with New York or Connecticut Nichols ancestry, I found some interesting Nicols baptisms, marriages and burials that may be related to the Hempstead branch of Washburns: Weddings eodom ano (1597) William Nicols and Ales Phelps were married the xixth of January Anno DM 1598 et R.E.R. 40 Chrystenings Item the first of September was Bap. Willis Nicols, William Shorthasell and Wm Nicols godfathers e Margarett Ordwaye godmother and the same daie buried Item Joane Nicols was bap. the xiith Daie of Febu., Mary Deock? and Joane Shorthasell godmothers e William Phelps godfather Anno DM 1599 et R.E.R. 41 Thomas Nicols the Sonne of Thomas Nicols was Baptised the xxiith Daie of July Thomas gontloman? and David SanSome e Anne Shorthasel gods. Burials 1599 Joane the Daughter of Wm Nicols the iiiith of Aprill Ano 1604 et Jacobi Dno nn? Regni 2 Francis the Sonne of Wm Nicols was baptized the Second daie of October Jane the Daughter of Tho. Nicols was Bap. the 6th Daie of January Since I am not as familiar with the Nichols family as many of you, please let me know if this 1604 baptism of Francis Nichols is within the realm of possibilities for Francis Nichols of Stratford, CT. I am aware that the I.G.I. has a marriage year for Francis Nichols of 1612, but there is no support for this entry, and it is highly suspect. I will continue to search for the Nichols, as well as Washburn, Moore, Taylor, Whitehead, and Bushell names in the St. Peter's Parish Register. --+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-- Corrections to Bengeworth Parish Records, Part I In double checking some of the earlier records from St. Peter's Parish, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England, that I was unsure about, I feel it necessary to eliminate a few entries that I thought at the time might be Washburn, but have since decided are not Washburn after all. 1545 The marriage of William Wasbon and Agnes Foyun?/Foyer? was actually that of William Watson not Wasbon. 1548 The christening of Elizabeth Wasbon was actually that of Elizabeth Watson. 1553 The marriage of Thomas Lyonwood and Agnes Wasborne actually was in 1554, not 1553, and was between Thomas Harwood and Agnes Watson. The capital H is tricky; at first glance it looks like "Ly." 1569 The marriage between ____ Bushel and Margarett Wasburne should actually read: The viith Daie of October were married John? Bushel and Margarett Wasburne. The 2 or 3 words that I was unable to read earlier were actually, I believe, "were married John". The "John" is in a dark smear. The letters "oh" are decipherable, however, leading me to believe that "John" is probably correct. 1570 The christening of Marian Bushell? in which John Wasborne was named as godfather should read: Item the xxiith of December Marian Rodall?, John Wasborne godfather, Marian Noroton? and Katherine Horton godmothers. The child's surname was not Bushell. More corrections later as I find them. Thanks for the feedback I'm receiving on the first two messages. John A. Maltby Redwood City, CA [email protected]